Sackbut

Sack"but

(?),
n. [F.
saquebute, OF.
saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr.
saquier,
sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see Sack a bag) +
bouter to push (see Butt to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.]
(Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone.

[Written also
sagbut.]

Moore (Encyc. of Music).
[1913 Webster]

The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
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